Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods
First Claim
1. A projectile, comprising:
- a first reactive material; and
a second reactive material disposed at a first end of the first reactive material and proximate an intended leading end of the projectile;
wherein the second reactive material is more sensitive to initiation upon impact of the projectile than is the first reactive material, the first reactive material comprising a tip extending into the second reactive material, the second reactive material directly contacting the first reactive material along a non-planar interface and along substantially all of the tip, wherein all surfaces of the second reactive material directly contact at least one of the first reactive material and an inner surface of a jacket disposed about the second reactive material.
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Abstract
A munition, such as a projectile formed of at least one reactive material. In one embodiment, the projectile includes a body portion formed of at least one reactive material composition wherein the at least one reactive material composition defines at least a portion of an exterior surface of the projectile. In other words, a portion of the reactive material may be left “unbuffered” or exposed to the barrel of a gun or weapon from which it is launched and similarly exposed to a target with which the projectile subsequently impacts. In one embodiment, the projectile may be formed with a jacket surrounding a portion of the reactive material to provide additional structural integrity. The projectile may be formed by casting or pressing the reactive material into a desired shape, or the reactive material may be extruded into a near-net shape and then machined into the desired shape.
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29 Claims
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1. A projectile, comprising:
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a first reactive material; and a second reactive material disposed at a first end of the first reactive material and proximate an intended leading end of the projectile; wherein the second reactive material is more sensitive to initiation upon impact of the projectile than is the first reactive material, the first reactive material comprising a tip extending into the second reactive material, the second reactive material directly contacting the first reactive material along a non-planar interface and along substantially all of the tip, wherein all surfaces of the second reactive material directly contact at least one of the first reactive material and an inner surface of a jacket disposed about the second reactive material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of forming a projectile, the method comprising:
forming a body from at least one reactive material composition comprised of a first reactive material and at least a second reactive material that is more sensitive to initiation upon impact of the projectile than is the first reactive material, wherein the first reactive material is reactive with the at least a second reactive material, forming the body comprising; forming the at least a second reactive material at a first end of the first reactive material and proximate an intended leading end of the projectile; forming a tip of the first reactive material extending into the at least a second reactive material and forming the at least a second reactive material directly contacting the first reactive material along a non-planar interface with the first reactive material and along substantially all of the tip; and forming all surfaces of the at least a second reactive material to directly contact at least one of the first reactive material and an inner surface of a jacket disposed about the at least a second reactive material. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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